Instrument Host Information
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urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.a14a::1.4
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The Apollo 14 Lunar Surface Experiments Package
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Spacecraft
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The Apollo 14 Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) was carried on the Apollo 14 lunar module spacecraft. It was powered by a central station around which scientific experiments were deployed, including a passive seismometer experiment (PSE), active seismic experiment (ASE), charged particle lunar environment experiment (CPLEE), suprathermal ion detector experiment (SIDE), cold cathode gauge experiment (CCGE), laser ranging retroreflector (LRRR), and a lunar dust detector.
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| REFERENCES |
Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-272, 302 pages, Washington, D.C.,1971.
Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report, NASAReference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, 162 pages, published by NASA,Washington, D.C., 1979.
Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollolanders, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages20,227-20,280, 2000, doi:10.1029/1999JE001165.
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